Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    139s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/02/2026, 16:19

General

  • Target
    53aefcb31cf737d2af9779bea562b358bb08c876bb68fbe5614c1084decb6728.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260205-tspbpsdw2g
  • SHA256 53aefcb31cf737d2af9779bea562b358bb08c876bb68fbe5614c1084decb6728
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.4.1

Botnet
  • SPAIN2

C2
  • twart.myfirewall.org:9792

  • rency.ydns.eu:5287

  • wqo9.firewall-gateway.de:8841

  • code1.ydns.eu:5287

  • wqo9.firewall-gateway.de:9792

Mutex
  • Q4e9mb0d-11cb-44R6b-T1b-05f80M1dcIfx051

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    3145298725BA5E0DD56E87FFE3F8898EA81E6EDA

  • install_name

    Notepadbook.exe

  • key_salt

    bfeb1e56fbcd973bb219022430a57843003d5644d21e62b9d4f180e7e6c33941

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    6000

  • startup_key

    Adobe PDF

  • subdirectory

    WindowsMD

Signatures

  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar family
  • Quasar payload 1 IoCs
  • .NET Reactor proctector 64 IoCs

    Detects an executable protected by an unregistered version of Eziriz's .NET Reactor.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\53aefcb31cf737d2af9779bea562b358bb08c876bb68fbe5614c1084decb6728.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\53aefcb31cf737d2af9779bea562b358bb08c876bb68fbe5614c1084decb6728.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5324
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\53aefcb31cf737d2af9779bea562b358bb08c876bb68fbe5614c1084decb6728.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\53aefcb31cf737d2af9779bea562b358bb08c876bb68fbe5614c1084decb6728.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5780
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks" /create /tn "Adobe PDF" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsMD\Notepadbook.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5680
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsMD\Notepadbook.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsMD\Notepadbook.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1748
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsMD\Notepadbook.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsMD\Notepadbook.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1180
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks" /create /tn "Adobe PDF" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsMD\Notepadbook.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:6064
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsMD\Notepadbook.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsMD\Notepadbook.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4620
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsMD\Notepadbook.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsMD\Notepadbook.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3260

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        53aefcb31cf737d2af9779bea562b358bb08c876bb68fbe5614c1084decb6728.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\53aefcb31cf737d2af9779bea562b358bb08c876bb68fbe5614c1084decb6728.exe.log
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 e16024b092a026a9dc00df69d4b9bbcab7b2dc178dc5291fc308a1abc9304a99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Notepadbook.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsMD\Notepadbook.exe
        • Size 5.4MB
        • SHA256 53aefcb31cf737d2af9779bea562b358bb08c876bb68fbe5614c1084decb6728
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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        memory/1180-1496-0x0000000006480000-0x00000000064D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1180-1500-0x0000000007A20000-0x0000000007A86000-memory.dmp

        memory/1180-1498-0x00000000066C0000-0x00000000066D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1180-1499-0x0000000007970000-0x00000000079AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1180-1497-0x00000000066F0000-0x00000000067A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1748-512-0x0000000005550000-0x0000000005560000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-83-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-497-0x0000000005D40000-0x0000000005D50000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-39-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-57-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-123-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-131-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-129-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-128-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-126-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

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        memory/5324-495-0x0000000005F20000-0x0000000005F2A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-122-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-119-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

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        memory/5324-105-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-101-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-97-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-496-0x0000000006360000-0x0000000006376000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-95-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-93-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

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        memory/5324-4-0x0000000005D40000-0x0000000005D50000-memory.dmp

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        memory/5324-109-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-5-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006030000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-85-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-67-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-63-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-61-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-59-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-55-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-53-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-49-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-47-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-45-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-43-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-41-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

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        memory/5324-35-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

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        memory/5324-32-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-29-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-25-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-23-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-19-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

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        memory/5324-51-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

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        memory/5324-21-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

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        memory/5324-11-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006049000-memory.dmp

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